THE SEA-SERPENT. 
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notion, that there were half so many snakes at 
sea,” — then, hitching up his trousers, the very 
best of aim he takes, and nearly kills two jolly 
rousers. Where all fought well, it ? s hard to 
say who fought the best'; but no one knew who 
aimed the shot, so fierce the fray, that cut 
one serpent right in two. One yacht was very 
hard beset by forty serpents all together ; and 
ere two salts had time to bet or guess how 
she the storm would weather, the yacht was 
over in the water, while blushed the waves with 
mutual slaughter. Hunt, Forbes, and Prince 
were fighting hard, when they observed this new 
disaster. Hunt saw for guns they 5 d no re¬ 
gard, and so he thought he M try if castor 
would drive them to their depths below, and 
therefore ordered all on board to leave their 
guns, and quickly throw this drug, which he 
with care had stored, into the waves ; — his 
men obey, and, swifter than the god of day, 
the serpents stream like light away. 
